30 documented scams across 24 countries — drawn from press records, embassy advisories, Reddit threads, and direct debriefs from travelers who lived through them. The seven universal patterns that all of them share. The exit phrases in eleven languages. The recovery playbook for the first hour, day, and week.
A preview of three chapters from the thirty — each one a scam you'll meet again and again across the world.
Every scam in the book gets a comic illustration in its country's local visual tradition. A sneak peek of two:
Every country with a Tabiji volume in the Travel Safety Series is documented — from the Paris Gold Ring to the Cairo airport "official taxi," the Mumbai dating-app pub-bill ambush to the Buenos Aires cueva counterfeit swap, the Times Square three-card monte to the Bangkok closed-attraction redirect.
We've indexed nearly 2,000 traveler reports across 24 countries. The Travel Safety Series is that work, edited down into pocket-sized field guides. The Big Book is the master volume — the same scams, told once across every border they cross.
Every scam in the book meets three independent confirmations: a traveler report, a press citation, and a police or tourism-authority record. A scam that runs only in Marrakech and only on Tuesdays does not make the book. A scam that runs in Marrakech, Cairo, Istanbul, Mumbai, and Bangkok with the same opening line does.
Part I documents the seven universal patterns that underlie every scam in the rest of the book. Learn the mechanics and you do not need to memorize a thousand local variants — you'll spot the brand-new costume the first second it appears.
Scams evolve. We re-research and update the book every year. Buy once, re-download future editions from your Amazon library at no extra cost.
The Big Book is the master volume. Each of the 24 country atlases takes a single destination deeper — every scam in that country, with the local detail you need the week before your flight.
Quick answers about formats, pricing, and how the Big Book fits with the country atlases.
Amazon Kindle eBook ($9.99) and paperback. The Kindle edition is readable on any phone, tablet, or computer with the free Kindle app, as well as on any Kindle device. Both formats are available on Amazon now.
30 chapters covering one scam each, plus the seven universal patterns up front, the recovery playbook, and nine appendices (emergency contacts by country, by-traveler-type index, severity tier, glossary, and methodology). Designed as a field guide that fits in a carry-on.
The 24 country atlases run one country deep — every scam in that country with full local detail. The Big Book runs the other direction: one scam, all 24 countries. Read this first; read your destination volume second.
Press records, police arrest records, Reddit threads on r/travel and country-specific subreddits, embassy advisories, and direct debriefs from travelers who lived through them. Every scam meets the three-confirmation rule.
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30 scams. 24 countries. The seven universal patterns, the exit phrases in eleven languages, the recovery playbook. $9.99 on Kindle.